Boy In Critical Condition

DIGEST

January 20, 1998|Staff reports

CORAL SPRINGS — A 21-month-old boy is in critical condition after he was found floating in the pool at his family's apartment complex.

Denise Martin, her children and some friends were getting ready to leave for the beach about 1:30 p.m. when she realized her son, Ricardo Hernandez, was missing, Coral Springs police Sgt. Jeff Maslan said.

Martin and the friends searched for Ricardo at the Glenwood Gardens apartment complex, where they live. Pablo Torres, a friend of Martin, found Ricardo floating face down in the pool. The apartments are at 11488 NW 43rd St.

Coral Springs police officers Charlene Caffray and Larry Webb, who were a few blocks away, helped to clear the child's breathing passages of water, Maslan said. Ricardo was taken to Coral Springs Medical Center, where he is listed in critical but stable condition.